ASSOCIATING RECEIVED CONTACT INFORMATION WITH USER PROFILES STORED BY A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM

摘要

A social networking system receives contact information from a social networking system user. The received contact information is stored and associated with a user profile in the social networking system including information matching at least a portion of the stored content information. This increases the information associated with the user profile. Subsequently received content information is compared to user profiles and stored contact information associated with one or more user profiles. User profiles including information matching at least a portion of the subsequently received content information or associated with stored contact information matching at least a portion of the subsequently received content information are identified as potential connections for the user providing the subsequently received contact information.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a processor; a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the processor, the computer-readable storage medium having instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive, at a social networking system, contact information for a plurality of contacts from a first user of the social networking system;store, by the social networking system, the contact information for the plurality of contacts in user profile information associated with the first user;retrieve stored user profile information associated with one or more other users of the social networking system, wherein the one or more other users do not include the first user;receive, at the social networking system, from the first user additional contact information for a particular user of the social networking system, wherein the one or more others users includes the particular user;determine, by a processor, which of the one or more other users of the social networking system are not connected to the first user in the social networking system based on the retrieved user profile information;compare the received additional contact information for the particular user with the retrieved user profile information associated with those of the one or more other users of the social networking system not connected to the first user;responsive to a match between at least a portion of the retrieved user profile information associated with a matching user of the one or more other users not connected to the first user and the received additional contact information for the particular user, select the matching user of the social networking system for recommendation; andrecommend to the first user a connection be made between the first user and the matching user in the social networking system.